Word: closing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...figures showing the number and percentage of concentrators in each field reveal that 77.8 percent of those in the Department of Classics 35 out of a possible 45 are candidates for honors Sociology and Social Ethics which was just started the year before last ranks a close second with 15 from its 20 members being aspirants for honors Philosophy having 60 percent of its men approved for honors is third...
...more interest than his Cuban mission for low-duty sugar men, the committee found his statement of clients and fees. His income, he said was close to $150,000 per year, to which the Royal Dutch Shell Oil Co. contributed $25,000, the Burlington and Northern Pacific Railroads $20,000, the Baltimore & Ohio $10,000, United Fruit Co. $15,000 (to prevent a tariff on bananas), the Chesapeake & Ohio and Hocking Valley $12,000, the Cuban Embassy...
...have seen all the great feature tricks before, in more capable hands, go again and enjoy your neighbors. Get close to the front, and be discreet in your choice of companions for the next two hours, and without burdening your own mind other than opening the door of its receiving tube, you will learn the solution of every trick just before the gun is shot in front of you, or the paper broken on the stage. The blending of the "Behind his back"s, "False slide"s, "Easee, easee"s, "Get e idear"s, gives you a comfortable feeling...
...nearly all of those who have given any thought to the architectural details of Dunster House have been struck by the fact that the proposed tower is hardly in harmony with the main portion of the building. It is too reminiscent of the Gothic to have such a close relationship with a building of Georgian type. Those tower in Oxford which is placed on a building of pure Gothic, designed by Sir Christopher Wren, cannot fail to realize the close relationship between the two. The general impression conveyed by the tower is that of some exotic ornament, grafted onto...
...become part of an undigested past, everybody settles down to wait for Christmas vacation. The significance of the day has unfortunately been rather widely dissipated in gourmandizing and various other pleasant pursuits. Turkey has assumed the role of the main feature of the day with numerous other foods coming close behind...